XD this chapter has a lot going on. I hope you enjoy it! The end is cliffy...so...that will be resolved tomorrow...Oh! and I wrote a one-shot, humor, for stargate for Domino Effect, please, check it out! (Summary: Daniel starts a domino effect and winds up turning on a love-potion machine...)

Chapter 12: Of course!

Sam felt her breath catch as she watched him. This couldn't be. She had to be dreaming. She dug her toe into the sand until it hurt. Defiently awake, not a dream. And now he was talking; her breath caught more. "Sam," he said. "Since it looks like we may never get home, and there aren't regulations to worry about here…will you…" he paused and swallowed hard. Digging into his pocket he pulled out a wooden box, intricately designed. He whispered the next part and held out the box, opening it as he did so. "Marry me?"

The world stopped as Sam's heart and mind raced as one. The two of them had never even been out on a date before, This was all to sudden! Yet, deep inside her heart, she knew very well that each mission, each day they were together, was another 'date' a dangerous one, but still one at that. When he refused to leave her behind, when she kissed him when she had the disease, when they were alone in Antarctica together…suddenly she was giddy and light headed. "Of course," she breathed, finding herself looking into astonished eyes. He had been right, he had had no idea what was going to happen when he did it, but he needed to do it anyway.

O'Neill stood up as Sam took the ring from the box and slid it onto her finger. She threw her arms around his neck and pulled him into a deep kiss. At first he felt himself resist, on sheer instinct and training from the SGC regulations. But after a split second, he gave in, a calm sensation in the pit of his stomach telling him he finally did the right thing.

After the passionate kiss, Jack took her back to the village, a smile on his face as she clung to his arm (not very Carter-like, he had to admit. More...Sam-like.) He held the box out to her again. "This is the customary wedding offering," he said to her. "The village men instructed me on what to do."

Sam looked at him, shocked. He actually regarded their culture? And everyone else knew about the proposal! "Everyone knew?" she asked.

Jack shrugged sheepishly. "A lot of people did."

Sam thought back to the book she was supposed to be reading and laughed. The plot line was almost exactly the same as what was going on here. In fact, she had put the book down just as the lead characters got engaged. She laughed and punched Jack in the shoulder lightly, suddenly glad for this chance the world gave her.

Sam smiled in her sleep, a reaction that lit up Jack's face. So something good was going on inside her mind. Maybe if…he talked to her? He took a deep breath.

"Carter," he said. "I'm not good at this, you know me. But you have to wake up. The SGC needs you," he said. No matter how much he thought it, he couldn't make his lips form the words I need you.

Sam felt herself lapse into a different dream, skipping ahead another few months.

Jack was working on a rocking chair, an idea that had popped into his head just after the wedding. He smiled, pausing at his work bench for a moment. It had been five and a half months since they had arrived at the planet, and everything was going great. It wasn't anything like his own 100 days on the other planet, this time he had his team…he had Carter. He glanced down at his left hand and twisted the ring around on his finger. It felt right there. Grinning still, he picked up his tools again and began working.

A knock on the door made him look up. Sam stood in the doorway, her face radiating with a warm glow that appeared a few days ago. He put aside his tools. Maybe now she was willing to tell him what caused her strange behavior. It had started a couple of days ago, she had been excited, but close-lipped, and he'd had noticed the radiant glow about her skin and the extra spring in her step. Today, she had disappeared after lunch without a word. He looked at his clock. Almost three hours later, and she was finally just returning? She never left for that long without saying a word. Confusion etched across his face. "What's up, Sam?" he asked cautiously

He watched as his wife bit her lower lip as she tried to keep a straight face, strolling over to him. He could see her heart pounding against her chest. Her muscles fought against the serious face she was forcing them into and slipped into a smile. She laughed loudly, and took the last few steps to her husband in stride before she threw her arms around his neck. "I have a question," she stated simply, her voice filled with happiness.

"What?" Jack asked, putting his chin on her head, feeling her heart beat against his own chest.

"Are you ready to be a father?" Sam asked, looking up at him and laughing before she burrowed her head into his chest excitedly.

Jack pushed her away slightly, and felt his jaw drop. His eyes sparkled with emotion. "Really?" he asked, breathless. This couldn't be happening again, could it? God, he though, must finally love him. Sam nodded excitedly, and Jack laughed, his heart exploding with emotion as he picked her up and spun her around, holding her close. He placed her down on the ground. Pushing her away slightly, he looked deep into her eyes and pulled her into a kiss. "I cant wait," he told her, happy tears streaming down his gruff cheeks and losing themselves in his beard.

It was a few hours later when Daniel and Teal'c returned from their roaming around the planet, only to find a beaming Jack and Sam awaiting them. Teal'c raised an eyebrow, and Daniel cocked his head to the side. "Did we miss something?" he asked, pushing his glasses up his nose.

Sam bobbed her head excitedly and looked at Jack, giving him the chance to give the news. O'Neill smiled slyly a them. He held out his hands in an innocent shrug and said, "We're going to be parents."

"No…" Daniel whispered in happy disbelief. It wasn't April 1st...was it? "Really?"

Sam nodded and found herself enveloped in her friends arms as he beamed as well. He was going to be an "uncle"! Teal'c smiled his rare grin. "Congratulations Major Carter, Colonel O'Neill."

Sam placed her hand on her stomach lightly. "Thanks guys," she said. Emotions bubbled over inside her. She just couldn't wait!

In her sleep, Sam smiled and shifted on the bed, enjoying the memories as she relived them, oblivious to the fact that she was in reality, lying asleep on the infirmaries bed.

Jack blinked his red eyes open, forcing himself to stay awake (especially after he realized he had fallen asleep with his head on the bed), and monitor Carter's condition. After a moment of watching her, still asleep, as she had been for…he checked his watch, two days now, and suddenly he couldn't take it anymore. He yanked his hand out of hers and walked over to the wall, hitting it hard with the side of his hand. He collapsed his elbow and rested his head against his forearm, still facing the white wall.

A tear jerked down his cheek and he strolled back to Carter, grabbing her hand in one of his and stroking his cheek with the other one. "Please come home," he said softly.

Sam stirred at the word home, her brain spinning through the intricate memories, buried beneath the surface of her mind until she finally landed on a more recent memory, six months and three weeks after her time of arrival on the planet.

Sam was resting on the couch, bitterly biting into a bland piece of bread, the only thing she could eat in the morning at two months pregnant, as the door burst open, revealing the leader of the village.

Marin was a bald man, slightly chubby and he had beady eyes, yet he was the friendliest man Sam had ever met. Mopping his face with a kerchief, he panted out his words as he knelt in front of the couch.

"Marin," Sam said, forcing herself to sit up and biting back the bile that rose to her throat. "Is something wrong?"

The elder man shook his head violently. "No," he panted. "But…I found…your stargate."

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